How pleasant is the evening hour with mother by the open fireplace, hearing her tell of the interesting Bible subjects. How wonderful, too, that all of them bring before us pictures of the Lord Jesus in one way or another.
Whether it might be Cain’s and Abel’s sacrifices, Noah in the ark and the flood, Abraham offering up Isaac, Joseph being put down into the pit and taken out again or Moses being put into the water and taken out again; all point to Christ who has gone down into death for us, and has risen triumphant, having accomplished redemption for us.
We see in all these, that God had before His mind the death and resurrection of His beloved Son.
Well may the children gather around the mother and with eagerness listen to those wonderful stories, and rejoice that they have the privilege of hearing about them in their young years.
May you, dear reader, not only learn of the sacrifice that Abel offered and how God could accept him in all the value of his offering, but may you by faith come to God in all the value of the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ and know that He can accept you through Him. Rejoice, too, that God could so love you that He could give His only Son who was, His well-beloved. If you believe in Him, you will surely rejoice that God had such great love for you, and you will seek to live and serve Him the little while you are left in this world.
No matter how young you are, just like the little one on mother’s knee, if you believe in Jesus as your Saviour, you can know that God has accepted you; you can rejoice in the wonderful love that caused God to give His only Son for you, and it will be your delight to serve Him in some way. It may be first by giving kind words for cross ones, by showing kindness to the needy, and if you do that, your words will be acceptable when you tell them of Jesus as the One who died for sinners. “CHRIST OUR PASSOVER IS SACRIFICED FOR US.” 1 Cor. 5:77Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: (1 Corinthians 5:7).
ML 07/08/1906